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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-16

TO THE PUBLIC---It is needless to waste
time in telling what everybody knows, that Car
pets well all other goods in our house, are just
as represented. Our GUARANTEE ACCOMPANIES Ev-
cry SALE.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Birmingham's Phenomenal Growth.

People in Europe and the northern
states who have read paragraphs now and
then of Birmingham phenomenal growth
have inquired: 'Is it to be permanent;
isn't the bottom to drop outy" The ques-
ton is answered by an hours walk about
the city. Nearly all the business portion
is Of brick, and the average of the build
ings compare favorably with any city IN
the north of 100, 1000 population There
are as fine business blocks here as can be
seen in Detroit, Cleveland or Buffalo.
There are wholesale houses here fully as
strong. There are retail merchants car
rying just as heavy stocks A hotel is
now building here larger than any one of
the three cities named can boast Of If
Birmingham had not come to stay why
should these things be found here? 1t is
in no sense mushroom. Everything is
put up in the most solid and substantial
manner, and the public improvements are
meant for the convenience of a city of
10000 people. There is a jealousy of
BirIningham's growth and prosperity in
certain quarters in the south, but it does
not check her growth nor keep a stranger
away.-A1 Quad's Letter in Detroit Free
Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
A Demand for woodenware.

was told a story of "down easter's'
mode of creating q demand for q supply
which, amid all the ingenuities of modern
commerce, may fairly claim originality.
One of the class called a ''hickory dealer,n
or seller of woodenware, came down to
the south in the summer time with well
laden wagon, but was destined TO en-
counter sweeping opposition in the
yellow fever, which had commenced busi-
ness about week previous in such way
that the only woodenware in requisition
was coffin. The ravages of the plague
were at this time SO dreadful that it will be
supposed there was a general tendency to
try the most desperate and absurd eXpedi-
ents to avert it, though many such proved
but pioneers to its progress. This the
peddler was aware Of, SO resolved, as re-
garded his own fortune, to extract good
from evil Dressing himself as respect
ably as possible, he mounted his horse and
rode up to printing Office in Williams
burg, where, under an assumed name,
he had 100 bills struck off to this effect:
WANTED Immediately, woodenware in any
quantity, for the fever hospital in Philadelphia,
such being found not to convey the infection. by
order of the board of health. SETH ADAMS. n. b.
ALI persons cautioned how they use crocke.y,
which is the cause of the plague to thousands
EIlly VA buCSS JletCtlNtS IlS ScHO llS DOg
to stick round the streets of village lying
in his road where the fever had begun to
show itself. A discovery so important,
so simple, and apparently in such close
connection with a remedy, created an in
slant sensation. The doom of crockery
was pronounced. jugs, bowls, basins,
teapots and other utensils most esteemed
or necessary were hurled ont of the win
dows in showers. No grandmother's gift,
no ancestors relic, survived this fall of
china the streets soon looked like pot
terry after an earthquake. About noon,
when the work of destruction was at its
height, a wagon made its way into the
village with man vociferating with all
the power Of his lungs: "WoodenwareW
His arrival was hailed as godsend; a
crowd collected around him as to magi-
clan who brought talisman, and in less
than two hours his plague averting plat.
ters were all sold at exorbitant prices
Boston Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
An Experiment IN Photography.

The bromide paper, which was first
shown at the Chicago convention of the
photographers of the United States in
1855, is still merely an experiment, but il
has greatly hurt the business of crayon
artists whose speciality was portrait
making This injury has been done, not
by the superiority of the bromide process
over free hand drawing, but by the cheap
ness of these bromide pictures, and cheap
ness seems to be the one quality that
recommends bromide portraits to the
general public. People know so little
about cost, or what constitutes q good
picture, that they can gauge their ap-
probation simply by the price. Bromide
portraits are made the same as ordinary
Photographic negatives. The paper is
coated with gelatiIN and the impression
is obtained by sunlight or electric light
by throwing up the picture from mega
tive
say the process is still an experiment,
because it is not known how long these
pictures will last. Those exhibited at
Chicago are already fading and do not
believe any of them viii hold their color
for two years. Some establishments have
trick of filling them out with crayon,
but this does not better the quality. The
gelatine is liable to be scratched and the
picture ruined. Then again, they put the
cheapest kind of talent on them / hear
that one place here in St Louis, where So
and 81 are paid for these pictures, the
proprietor gives young girls twenty-five
cents apiece for finishing them in crayon.
Does anybody believe that such picture
can be any good?
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Tho Rlunder of a Thief.

"It is strange said Police Captain
Killelea, chow the most expert thieves
sometimes give their business completely
away. They often make as bad blunders
as q newly 1edged cop. l remember once
was ON patrol duty ii the Bowery--
never mind how many years ago that is,
for / am not in middle age yet-and ! was
taking it easy toward the carly hours OF a
pleasant summer morning. Looking care
lessly up the street / noticed n ragpicker
coming toward me, stopping every now
and then to dig with his hook into the ash
barrels on the sidewalk. He would have
passed me, as is usually the case, without
my even bestowing q glance on him, but
as he went by me he said, Good morning,
sir, and turned the next corner just O few
feet from me. 1t was SO unusual for men
of this class to give policeman pleasant
greeting that / looked curiously after him,
and sudden suspicion jumped into my
mind that all was not right with him. /
stepped softly but quickly after him, and
before he had reached the next corner
stopped him, and with n quick inspiration
determined to examine his sack. 1t was
full of silverware, gold watches, jew
elry, etc, that had been stolen from O
dealer half a mile above my beat, and the
thief had walked safely past this other
policeman until his unlucly good morn
ing' to me lost him his booty and sent him
to the penitentiary for term of years. ~
New York Graphic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Interrlou wlth 8. ~. norsex.

'What are the details of the cattle bust.
ness and the expenses of managing
ranch?n
1.-THE expenses OF conducting a ranch
depend largely upon its location and the
number of cattle you have. In Wyoming
and south of there il ought not to cost
more than 81 head year in herd OF
$4,000, and less than that with n larger
herd. When you have no fancy managers,
sub managers and other officers to pay
large salaries TO, the expenses can even be
reduced below this. The principal item
of expense is wages TO employees, which
range from $25 TO $50 a month for ordi
nary hands and $50 for the boss of an
outfit, which means the man who has
charge of wagon and twenty or thirty
hands. The work upon ranch begins after
the 1st of April, when the whole country
in the neighborhood of a hundred or two
miles of the ranch is hunted over and
cattle rounded up and brought back to
their own range
"You understand in the winter we do
nothing whatever with cattle, but let
them go and drift wherever storms may
take them When great storm RACES
cattle will run before it as long as 1t lasts.
Sometimes they will travel rs far as fifty or
one hundred miles, and only stop when the
storm ceases. If they were not allowed
to travel before the storms, but compelled
to stand still, fully one-half would freeze
to death. 1t is only the constant walking
that keeps them alive This is the reason
ranchmen have pulled down all their wire
fences, and done il without the aid of Mr..
Cleveland's proclamation. If cattle are
put in a PASTURE however large il may be,
they will drift against the south line OF
the fence, and, being stopped by it many
of them will perish No cattle man will
have fence. IN. Y. Mail and Express.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Nilsson and Queen Victoria.

Before the prirna donna left Osborne
the queen begged her to choose any gift
she most fancied-a diamond ring,
brooch, or what not. But Nilsson mod
estly begged for photograph of her maj
esty with her autograph written below,
wish which met with immediate fulfill
ment, and, ] am sorry TO add, one which
must have been after the donors owns
heart, as the queen is not celebrated for O
glad munilcence. Among other treasures
the prima donna highly values arc an an.
tique set of pearls. diamonds and cmeralds
from Napoleon III, representing Faust and
Marguerite, which can be taken apart and
forms different pieces Of jewelry; set OF
diamonds and emeralds from the emperor
of Russia, and another from the empress,
and decoration from the kingof Sweden
with his medal in diamonds. Besides these
priceless mementos, Nine. Nilsson can
show US others Of an interesting, If hum
bic, nature--a tiny skirt of cotton material
which she wore, without shoes or stock
ings, at her first open mir concert, and the
photographs Of her father and mother IN
their peasant dress. And here we see the
little toy violin on which she performed,
now nearly forty years ago!-London Cor.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Suppression of Perfumerr.

It would by no means be bad idea to
start society for the suppression Of per-
funery Every public place where people
are brought together, and especially where
women congregate, is almost sure to be
rendered offensive to sensitive persons by
the overwhelming odors which are ex-
hailed from the clothing of people who
have supposed they were rendering them
selves attractive by the use Of these pow
erful scents. There are many people to
whom these odors are always offensive. -
Boston Sunday Courier.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Drinking water from Country Hotels.

Drinking Water from Country Hotels.
Here's q new wrinkle, y said the pro-
prietor of a country hotel who was in the
city. the other day. ~ received a few
days ago letter from New York gem
tleman inquiring my rates for board and
asking me to Send him sample of our
drinking water. This is an odd idea, and
it is likely to be generally practiced in my
opinion. The hotel men are won't to call
such persons cranks, but looking at the
matter seriously it must be admitted
that the question Of water should be
thoroughly considered. A change of wa
ter often causes sickness, and if this be
true it behooves men 70 investigate and
ascertain If possible whether that change
win be for better or worse. New York
Sun.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Settled at Inst.

1t has been settled at last that George
Washington wore at his Inauguration a
dark brown suit, made at the first wooden
mill ever established in America. His
white silk stockings were also of home
manufacture. Anglophobia did not pre-
vail in this country at that time. e.-Detroit
Free Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Dogs and Hawks.

The Germans are training dogs TO do
outpost duty in the army and to perform
all sorts of military services. In addition
to the canine contingent the Prussiaas are
mobilizing lot of hawks for the capture
of the Trench carrier pigeons.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
ANNAPOLIS
~ - TRANSFER COMPANY. E
Office, City Hotel, Main st
Rear Eatraace, On Gloucester street.

lear Entrance, on Gloucester Street.
?, oonble and Single Teams; also Saddle
horses for hire, by the hour, day and
week Fine Carriages for visiting parties
SI pleasure, at reasonable rates. Orders
,elt at the Office in the City Hotel, at all
RourS of the day or night, for passengers
-or The cab or baggage, will receive
prompt attention.
- Special attention giUea to Funerals
az sh0gt ao,ice.
Farieular care given to transient hor-
ses and tho on livery.
foml ANNAPOLIS TRANSFER co.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
A Liberal Offer.

/ WILL give free of rent, taxes and all in
4 cumberance, the use of my shore, 200 feet
front, known as sycamore Point" on Horn
Point, opposite Annapolis to ANY ONE who
Will erect thereon an Oyster House for the use
of the Shells Apply to JOHN CUNNING,
52Jtf Annapolis Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
SPECIAL NOTICE.

We will insert in this column advertise
ments of Wants, For Rent, For Sale, Lost,
Found, &c., not exceeding four lines. ONE
WEEK, or less, for 25 Cents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
PROF. PEAL'S
JUBILEE j SINGERS

win sernade private families with vocal and
instrumental music, at short notice for a trif-
ling sum. Guitar, eornet, ard violin instru-
ments only used. The band includes some of
the finest VocaliStS in the State. Address
5-2ou PROF. ED. PEAL, Annapolis.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
For Sale

A SAIL and ROw-BOAT, in good order
n nearly new, with complete outfit, embrac-
ing oars, oarlocks. anchor, &C., cheap. Apply
at this office. 5-28tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

l INOR SALE.-A desirable building LOT on
A. Charles Street, near rGloucesrer-fifty-tw
feet front, one hundred and twenty-six feet
feep. Sewer in Street. Apply at TINS OFFICE
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

IAT> BOAT. 20 feet long, in splendid or
OA4 Il der, for Sale. Apply at THIS OF
FICE. SIS
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Fon Rem t.

A TWO story FRAME HOUSE on Horn Point
"A near the Hallway, With large front garden
attached.
Also the DWELLING HOUSE and large gar
den opposite the Catholic Cemetery, about tif-
teen minutes walk from the city. Apply to
a2lw JOHN CUNNING
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

- FOR RENT.-HoUSE I02 King George
- street, from July lst. Apply to MRS. M.
l.. STEELE, Duke of Gloucester Street. 6w
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

a Limited Number OF Horses and Colts viii
be taken on PASTURAGE, Tip-top grass
with both fresh and salt water i'm field Apply
to II: $. RIDOUT, st. Margarets, A. A, Coun-
ty, Md. *6Slm
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

A pair of lady's CoRSETs in the car of the
a, x B. Short Line X. IL. The owner can get
the same on application to the Ticket Agent, at
Annapolis office, by describing make and No.
and paying for this advertisements.
Also STRAW HAT ina red covered box.
Apply as above.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
NOTICE-

| forewarn all persons from trespassing
on my farm, Primrose" as l will use
the full extent of the law
5-21 -2w, w. w. HAWKINS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Cemetery Notice.

| con 00 REWARD VIII be paid for the
1 eB%OsVO arrest and conviction OF the party
who broke the wire fence recently put around
the Cemetery, j. NJ. .W0RTHINGT0N, M. ID
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
FLOWERS and PLANTS FOR SALE

Nhere can now be found at my hot house on
n Market street, ladjoiniug Mrs. Magruder 81
variety of plants, flowers, and cuttings OF ali
kinds. Ladies are invited TO call and examine
my stock. Particular attention to paid TO
draping HANGING BASKETS and Rustic
ket street. Aft
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
For Sale

- DIV YELLING on Prince Georges Street,
E:A rooms-renting for $500 per month
viii sell cheap for cash. Apply to JULIAN
BREWER. mZ3W
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

iasEsxN FOR SALE.--A capital cow for
sale cheap. Also RANGE, and a
vi ~ baltimore HEATER. Apply at L.
-asA.s1AzA~ PARROTTS l Gloucester Street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
NOTICE-

hereby warn all persons from receiving any
Checks from my piekers as | will redeem none
except those coming direct from the pickers.
moIZW w. w. HAWKINS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

"ANTED to Buy. for cash. some establish
w ed BUSIN ESS, of $I,00O to $1,000. Ad-
dress, M CAPITAL office, with particulars
and confid entiaIly. 19tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
FOR SALE.

The Schooner "BESSIE," with complete OUT
n mt now lying of Dubois wharf. Apply at No.
8 East street. 5-3lw
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

EOUND-On the train of the Annapolis and
UMBRELLA. with rubber band around the
same. The owner can, get the same by calling
on the ticket agent at Annapolis, and paving
for this notice 4-2s3tf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07

ssszszszsss Boats For Sale or Hire
szs-7s7Isz-sssZzI If you want good SAILING
- BATTEAU, from 16 to 20 IT,,
new in stock. or already rugged that recon-
mend themselves for shape and speed, when
you see or use them. Cheap for cash. Only
one price. Apply to A. =. ERLANDSON, foot
of Prince George Street. 5iItf
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-06-07
Bouquets and Flowers.

Persons can be supplied with beautiful Bou-
quets and Flowers, by a poor widow lady, at
very low prices. Apply at No, Green st.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
Trial. Of . Girl OF Fourte.n.

Thank goodness I'm nearly fifteen. /
believe il / were to be fourteen any
longer it would run me crazy. IN very
healthy, like fun and boys In fact 1
like boys better than girls lam called
''Iom-boy" at home, and think the
name suits me. One Of my great trials
is this: If | go to climbing on the
chicken-coop mamma says You ought
to be ashamed; great bid fifteen-year-
old girl, thinking about beaux, to be
climbing about like boy" Then,
again, if walk home from town with a
boy, mamma says, 'you little thirteen
year-old child, not quit playing with
dolls, to go flying around with boy. "
hate fourteen, because it is about this
age girl begins to squeeze her feet into
shoes two sizes too small, and wear her
gloves and bonnet indoors and out; and
if freckle get on her face wonder how
in the world it did get there. Another
trial is this: If you are in company ana
anything funny happens, your mother
pinches you and says, don't open your
mouth so wide when you laugh, " instead
of enjoying good hearty one. il there
is anything hate it is tight shoes, bon
nets and gloves, and squeezing your
mouth up TO laugh.-Mae Batseu in
Courier journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26

'Look at my lucky bag" said a little
tot MS she exhibited "a tiny sack filed
with camphor gum attached 10 a ribbon
around her neck Teacher says that
that scarlet fever is afraid OF it. Mamma
made it for me, and all the other girls
have got 'em.
She seemed very much pleased with
her new ornament, all regardless, APP
parently of its Significance. On inquiry
1t was learned that number of school
children have been equipped with these
sacks, on recommendation OF their
teachers, and in some instances by ply
sicians, 10 ward off the contagion OF
scarlet fever now somewhat prevalent
among school children. IL is fallacy,
but the little ones appeared TO he pleas
with the new feature, and thus it has
some merit in that it furnishes the inno-
cent prattlers with harmless divertiBe-
ment. just imagine a school room OF
these little ones bedecked with rainbow
hued lucky bags" of various sizes, with
their attention divided between the les
sons Of the day and complaisant con.
temptation of their miniature life pre-
servers. As matter of fact, these cam.
phor contrivances have as much to dc
as preventive of this disease as did the
expedient of advanced agriculturist
when he bored hole in the north side
OF maple tree and inserted red pepper;
therein to make the tree grow faster.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
plc1ure. ana Ignovant opInlona,

Wilkie talked great deal, but quite
over my head; and upon the converse
ton turning upon how far ignorant
opinion was valuable on pictures, Com
stable maintained that it was worthless,
as he believed was Moliere's house
keepers judgment on literary work. To
illustrate his opinion he gave the fol-
lowing example: A nobleman (whose
name forget had commissioned Con-
stable TO paint landscape of beautiful
part Of the country surrounding a GER
tain castle, the seat Of the noble lord.
The picture was to be both landscape
and portrait of the cast, and large
summer house was allotted as a studio
for the painter who made many studies
and indeed painted one or two pictures
from adjacent scenery. The walls of
the summer house lad been newly
covered with a gorgeous paper repre-
senting flowers, trees, rocks, etc. On
the wall hung an empty gold frame, and
Constable declared that the gardener,
whose opinion he had asked upon his
work generally, after making a variety
of idiotic remarks, said, looking at the
empty frame hanging on the wall
through which the wall paper appeared
as picture-"Tha a lovely pictur',
sir; that's more finished, that is-more
what like. = Truths "reminiscences.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26

For "wnrn-out, run down." debiita-
tel school teachers. miliiIers, sea mstrsses,
huusekeeprrs and uver-worked women gen
orally, DR.. Pirrce's FHyorite Prescription
is the best Of all restorative tonirs. 1t Is
not .Cure-al." hut admirably iulfills a
singeness OF purpose, being a most potent
Specific for all those Chronic Weaknesses
aud Diseases peculiar TO women. 1t is a
powerful, general as well as uterine, tonic
aud neryine. and imparts vigor and strength
to the whole system. 1t promptly cures
weakness Of stomach. Indigestion, bloating,
weak back, nervous prostratinn, debility
and sleeplessness, in either sex. Favorite
Prescription is sold by druggists under our
positive guarantee. See wrapper around
bottle. Price $1.00 bottle, or six bottles
for $500.
A large treatise on Diseases Of Women,
prufusely illustrated with colored plates
and numerous wood-cuts, sent for ten cents
Ia stamps.
Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, 663 Main street, Buffalo,
MY.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
STRUCK 1T RICH.
Five Cotton Win Operatives Win a
Small Fortune.

The Chronicle, as is often the case,
was bearer Of happy news for five citi-
zens Of Augusta yesterday morning. In
our local columns appeared the lucky
numbers as drawn in the Louisiana
State Lottery on Tuesday. In the list
ticket A., 057 was named as having drawn
one-tenth of the capital prize, $50, 900,
but skeptics would have declared at
once that all the figures were fictitious
and really amounted to nought. Such
was not the result, however, and when
the bloated package of Chronicles
reached the Sihley mill, but few min
utes elapsed before it was generally
known that club of five operatives,
who together invested one dollar in a
ticket, had suddenly acquired wealth,
The lucky ones are Ben Matheny, Press
Gunter, i. b. Taylor, Bake hamilton,
and David Collins. They together held
ticket No. 49,067, and will, therefore,
receive 81 900 each. The good luck
could not have fallen on more deserving
shoulders. and the money in each case,
we are confident, will be put to good
purpose. To the winning quintette We
extend our congratulations. Il Augusta
(Ga- Chronicle, Oct. 10.